S.C. Resources for Rental Assistance
The following resources are available to help South Carolina renters who may be struggling to pay their bills. To make it easier to find resources in your area, we have divided the community, nonprofit and governmental agencies by region (Low County, Midlands, Pee Dee and Upstate), as well as by county.
SC Housing makes every effort to keep the following list updated and accurate, but if you have any changes, additions or deletions, please email communications@schousing.com.
Statewide
Alston Wilkes Society SSVF Program
Veterans Only
803.995.8464 (Midlands / Lowcountry)
864.345.1299 (Upstate)
Low Country
Beaufort County
HELP of Beaufort
843.524.1223
helpofbeaufort.org
Beaufort, Jasper
Beaufort-Jasper Economic Opportunity Commission
843.726.5586
http://beaufortjaspereoc.org/
Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Palmetto Community Action Partnership (Charleston County Human Services Commission)
http://www.palmettocap.org/
843.724.6760
Tricounty Family Ministries
843.747.1788
kara.stewart@tricountyfamilyministries.org
City of Charleston
Humanities Foundation - ShelterNet
Reagan Smith
843.284.1509
rsmith@humanitiesfoundation.org
Charleston County (not City of Charleston)
Origin SC- Financial Assistance
843.628.2301
payee@originsc.org
Colleton, Hampton
Lowcountry Community Action Agency
http://www.lowcountrycaa.org
843.549.5576, Ext. 104
Hilton Head, Jasper County
Deepwell
843.785.2849
https://www.deepwellproject.org/rent-and-utilities
James Island, Folly Beach
James Island Outreach
843.762.3653
jioutreach@yahoo.com
Mt Pleasant, Town of Awendaw, McClellanville, Charleston County East of the Cooper River
East Cooper Community Outreach
843.849.9220
https://eccocharleston.org
Midlands
Aiken, Barnwell, Lexington
Aiken Barnwell Counties Community Action Agency
803.648.6836
http://www.abccaa.org (apply online)
Allendale, Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg
OCAB Community Action Agency
https://www.ocabcaa.org/
803.536.1027
Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter
Wateree Community Actions
http://www.wcai.org
803.807.9811
City of Columbia
Sharing God’s Love
Zip Codes 29063, 29210, 29212
803.732.3188
Fairfield, Chester, Lancaster, Union, York
Carolina Community Actions
803.366.5537
http://www.carolinacommunityactions.org (apply online)
Kershaw County
United Way of the Kershaw
803.432.0951
Lexington County
Mission Lexington
803.957.6656
https://www.missionlexingtonsc.org
Pee Dee
Chesterfield, Marlboro
Chesterfield-Marlboro Economic Opportunity Council
http://www.cmeoc.org/
803.320.9760
Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence. Georgetown, Horry, Kershaw, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Sumter and Williamsburg
Eastern Carolina Housing Organization
843.213.1798
https://www.echousing.org/get-help
Darlington County
Darlington County Community Action Agency
https://www.darlingtoncountycaa.com/
843.917.8249
Florence County
Lighthouse Ministries
843.629.0830
http://lighthouseflorence.org/
Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Waccamaw Economic Opportunity Council
http://www.weoc.org
Georgetown:
843.546.6161
Horry:
843.234.4130
Williamsburg:
843.355.9922
Upstate
Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda
GLEAMNS Human Resources Commission
http://www.gleamnshrc.org/menus/home.html
864.229.8862
Anderson, Abbeville, Cherokee, Edgefield, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union
United Housing Connection
information@uhcsc.org
211
Cherokee, Spartanburg
Piedmont Community Actions
http://www.pcasp.org
864.585.8183, Ext. 7
City of Spartanburg
Bethlehem Center
864.582.7158, Ext. 2
p.mims.bc@hotmail.com
Spartanburg County
United Way of the Piedmont
211
crichardson@spartanburgcounty.org
Middle Tyger Community Center
United Way of the Piedmont
864.439.7760
haley.grau@spart5.net
Spartanburg County (unincorporated)
Upstate Family Resource Center
United Way of the Piedmont
864.578.1379
upstatefamilyresourcecenter@outlook.com